SOBERANÍA 57: WORKING 9 TO 5
The 40-hour workweek will be a reality in Mexico…eventually. Plus tarrifs, troops, Sheinbaum’s letter and a New Yorker smearjob.
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4T REWARDS THE “OPAQUE KING”
The new head of Mexico City’s Metro (one of the most important transportation systems in the world and the recipient of a historic increase in funding this year of 23 billion MXN) has a dark history in previous right wing governments, with many unanswered questions about his administration of finances and connections to organized criminal groups.
PEOPLE’S MAÑANERA MAY 6
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on construction begins on 106k units of social housing, fraud lawsuits against housing developers, national sovereignty, Telecommunications Law, & premature campaigning restrictions.
MORENA SETS RULES FOR INTERNAL COMPETITION; BANS NEPOTISM IN 2027
The document reiterates recommendations made by President Claudia Sheinbaum in a letter she wrote following the scandal involving Senator Andrea Chávez and internal disputes that have arisen in other states, such as Coahuila.
GUIDELINES FOR ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR REPRESENTATIVES, PUBLIC SERVANTS, PROTAGONISTS OF TRUE CHANGE, AND MORENA MILITANTS
On Sunday, May 4th, Morena adopted a ban on electoral nepotism and expanded the ethical guidelines its leaders, elected officials, militants and candidates must follow. These are the guidelines.
PEOPLE’S MAÑANERA MAY 5
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on price controls, steel industry regulation, increasing domestic energy production, national economic outlook, SNTE strike, US-Mexico relationship, improving housing and water access, missing persons issue, and ethics within Morena.
WHO’S IN CHARGE OF MORENA?
Viri Ríos says Claudia Sheinbaum’s message is clear: Morena’s leaders have failed or have been unwilling to put the party back on track, and the President has grown tired of simply watching.
FROM WORDS TO DEEDS?
Claudia Sheinbaum’s letter was full of compelling words and moral guidance, but will that be enough to tame excess, discipline internal factions and purge corporate interests?
GOVERNMENT TO RECOVER 600,000 ABANDONED HOMES
Built mainly during the Fox and Calderón administrations, they were built for private profit with public money, and didn’t meet the needs of workers: with no services, nowhere near urban centers.
PRESIDENT CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM’S LETTER TO MORENA LEADERSHIP & MILITANTS
“Some modest suggestions to the Morena leadership, for the good of our country, our people, and our Movement.”